NAME OF JESUS

By Rick Mathes

Matthew 1:21 (NIV) ²¹ She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

Jesus. This name says it all: hatred of sin and love of holiness. There is nothing subordinate to these two truths that speak the same message of salvation.

What are we saved from? Not necessarily in order of importance begins with the guilt of sin. When you come before the throne of grace and put your face into the mud, blood and tears at the foot of the Cross, you are for forgiveness and He extends it to you. This is His promise not to turn you away no matter how heinous or offensive the sin may be. Once he extends His forgiveness it’s your job to receive it. This is where so many fall off and give up.

Satan will do all he can to run your nose back into your past and remind you of the very details of your shameful behavior to ruin and steal your joy of the Lord. But as you stand above the temptations of the devil, you rise to the highest level of forgiveness by becoming a forgiver. How can we not forgive those who have offended us after we have been forgiven of so much! Thank you Jesus we aren’t suffering the consequences of what we have really done not just what we were caught at or what is public record, but what you Lord know we did in the darkest corners of our own self-imposed hell.

The power of sin evaporates and soon to follow is the pretense of sin. Thank you Jesus you took our punishment upon yourself so that we no longer suffer the effects of our transgressions. The burning passion and love of evil is extinguished and this in turn curbs, to a large extent, the practice of sin.

Jesus saves you! And you are saved by His name. So read it, learn it, repeat it, pray it and sing it. Just that name alone will drive off a legion of demons that are terrorizing you. You are without excuse when you continue to in sin!

You have turned your back to your Savior and blocked out of your mind the only name that can save you. Calling on Satan doesn’t take a loud voice or even a whispered word. All it takes is a silent thought that echoes in hell to draw the attention of the flaming beast of Hades to you.

Understand that you have at your beck and call an all-powerful Lord that is more than willing to be your savior. He is holiness personified and there is no darkness nor even a shadow within him. He is always there for you, even when you need Him the most in your deepest depravity. How personal can it get when nailed to the death stake He cries out your name and says, “This one is for you!”

Right now, right this minute I can sense that the Lord is near, nearer than you think and maybe nearer than you wish Him to be. Lift up the name of Jesus, look, be saved and set free!

His Name is all you will ever need.